Director of the SuperiorSchool of Engineers in Marseilles’ Luminy (1996-1997)

Head of the GraduateSchool in Life and Health Sciences of the Universities in Marseilles (2000 – 2007)

Head of the Collegium of Graduate Schools in Aix-Marseilles’ Universities

Coordination of the training in neurosciences at the “Université de la Méditerranée”

Responsabilities as a scientist:

Head of the Neurobiology research Unit at the CNRS (1986-2006)

Expert nominated by the French Ministry for Education and Research

Member nominated for numerous scientific committees

President of the Society for Neuroscience in France

Neuroscience training:

Director of about 20 PhD theses since 1988

Member of the Jury of about 350 PhD theses in France and abroad

International activities

2010-2012 Member of the Council of the Federation of the European Neurosciences Societies (FENS)

1994-1995 Member of the European Union Experts

2000-2004 Co-ordination of European training program: TEMPUS (Charles’s University in Prague); SOCRATES (University of South Bohemia);

Member of he International Advisory Board of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa and of the International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO) since 1988 (library Committee)

Numerous evaluations (French Ministry of Education and Research; European Commission; WelcomeTrust; Council for Medical Health Research Holland; ; NIM-NINDS/NFS USA; Fonds National Suisse; Council for Medical Research South-Africa; Medical Council New Zealand, etc.)

Member of the editorial board:

Journal of Applied Medicine

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Prague Medical Report

Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience (2009-2010)

Production of publications for education: review papers, traduction into French of a neuroscience textbook (“Neuroscience exploring the Brain”; Bear, Connors and Paradisio, 1996 and 2000); CDrom, videos, etc.